Oleg Peshkov

Oleg Anatolyevich Peshkov (died 24 November 2015) was a Lieutenant-Colonel of the Russian Air Force who was killed by Turkmen rebels after his Su-24 was shot down by Turkey in 2015 during the Syrian Civil War.

Biography
Oleg Anatolyevich Peshkov was a Lieutenant-Colonel in the Russian Air Force, and he piloted a Su-24 plane during Russia's intervention in the Syrian Civil War. Peshkov's plane was shot down on 24 November 2015 by Turkey as it trespassed over Turkish airspace, with Peshkov ignoring several warnings by the Turks to divert his course. His plane was hit by missiles, and he ejected with his copilot. However, Alparslan Celik's Syrian Turkmen rebels fired on him as he descended, killing him. The shooting of a descending pilot on a parachute defied the Geneva Convention, and his death was condemned by the government of Russia, which stated that the shootdown was in Syrian airspace. He was awarded the "Hero of the Russian Federation" award posthumously.